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This 5 page paper looks at Jim Crow laws, the Civil War era, and various cases such as Plessy v. Ferguson and the Dred Scott Decision. Civil rights are evaluated in the context of nineteenth century cases.
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it was allowed. And while laws would change, black people would sit at the back of the bus. It was not until the 1960s that things would turn around and
black people would come into their own. Today, there does seem to be equality, despite lingering prejudices on the part of some. In general, things are better. Yet, while great
strides had been made during the twentieth century, the nineteenth century held significant changes as well. After all, the century began with the buying and selling of black slaves and
it ended with freedom for them. Of course, the freedom would come in dribs and drabs. Actual freedom was something that had to be legislated eventually. It should be stated
that for much of black history, there was segregation. In the Plessy v. Ferguson case, the state imposed segregation ("Their day," 1999). It is a case that sends chills down
the spines of contemporary citizens, but it serves as a reminder of what not to do in the future. What happened was that Plessy was going to test the system.
As a man who was mostly white but partly black, he purchased a train ticket and sat in the front. He was ordered to move to the back, and when
he refused, would go to court. The court essentially ruled against Plessy, rendering segregation valid. But Plessy was doing more than challenging these local laws. He was making his case
that the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments were supposed to protect him (Litwack, 2004). Perhaps he was right, but at the time, this Constitutional issue was not viewed as something that
would protect him. In the end, an 1890 Louisiana law was upheld, which mandated that people ride in certain railroad cars (Litwack, 2004). Dred Scott was another landmark
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